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Century of Progress Souvenir Tray
Specifications
Century of Progress Souvenir Tray
Category
World's Fairs
Classification
CHENHALL - Furnishings - Household Accessories - Storage & Display Accessories - Tray, Household
Object Origin
Date Manufactured:
1933
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Bronze rectangular tray (a) and lid (b). Lid is highly depictive with scroll border and image of a city. Image is a horizontal depiction of skyline, lake shore and clouds. There are numerous high rise buildings, cars on street, multiple boats in water, two (2) planes and a blimp in the sky. Text is placed in scrolls at bottom edge of lid. Tray has a faint engraving of elongated perspective or map view of streets and pond (assumed of fairgrounds)....
Materials:
bronze
Marks: On lid: "Souvenir / CHICAGO / EXPOSITION / 1933"
Measurements: Object A:
Height: 0.5 in, Length: 10.875 in, Width: 7 in
Weight: 0.758 lbs
Object B:
Credit
Gift of Silas Fung, 1992.21.202a-b
Display Status
Not On View
Century of Progress Souvenir Tray
About: Century of Progress Souvenir Tray
About: Century of Progress Souvenir Tray
This gold-colored tray is a souvenir from the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The souvenir pictures a blimp and an airplane flying over Chicago’s beautiful skyline and depicts a sailboat and speedboat on Lake Michigan.
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